According to traders familiar with the deal, Asian refiners from South Korea and India recently purchased US crude oil that was shipped in November. Indian Petroleum and South Korea's SK Energy each purchased US crude oil carried on an Afula tanker, with a single cargo volume of about 750,000 barrels. GS Caltex, headquartered in Seoul, purchased about 2 million barrels of crude oil from a very large tanker from Chevron.

According to traders familiar with the deal, Asian refiners from South Korea and India recently purchased US crude oil that was shipped in November. Indian Petroleum and South Korea's SK Energy each purchased US crude oil carried on an Afula tanker, with a single cargo volume of about 750,000 barrels. GS Caltex, headquartered in Seoul, purchased about 2 million barrels of crude oil from a very large tanker from Chevron.